One of the most important parts in the web is a browser. A browser is the window
through which web users interact with web applications and other users. Users
are always talking with web applications through browsers.

So, in order to test that our web application behaves correctly, we need
a way to simulate this interaction between the browser and the web application
in our tests. We need Mink.

Mink is an open source browser controller/emulator for web applications, written
in PHP 5.3.

Mink is a php 5.3 library that you’ll use inside your test suites or project.
Before you begin, ensure that you have at least PHP 5.3.1 installed.

The recommended way to install Mink with all its dependencies is through
Composer:

$ composer require --dev behat/mink

Note

For local installations of composer you must call it like this:
$phpcomposer.pharrequire--devbehat/mink .
In this case you must use the different call
phpcomposer.phar everywhere instead of the simple command composer.

Everything will be installed inside the vendor folder.
Finally, include the Composer autoloading script to your project:

require_once'vendor/autoload.php';

Note

By default, Mink will be installed with no drivers. In order to
be able to use additional drivers, you should install them (through composer).
Require the appropriate dependencies:

GoutteDriver - behat/mink-goutte-driver

Selenium2Driver - behat/mink-selenium2-driver

BrowserKitDriver - behat/mink-browserkit-driver

ZombieDriver - behat/mink-zombie-driver

SeleniumDriver - behat/mink-selenium-driver

SahiDriver - behat/mink-sahi-driver

WUnitDriver - behat/mink-wunit-driver

If you’re a newcomer or just don’t know what to choose, you should probably
start with the GoutteDriver and the Selenium2Driver (you will be able
to tune it up later):